Mammalian Rif1 contributes to replication stress survival and homology-directed repair

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 385-398

  Buonomo, Sara B C ^a,c   Wu, Yipin ^b   Ferguson, David ^b   De Lange, Titia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; RIF1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; RIF1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HETEROCHROMATIN; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS; SURVIVAL; ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMANS; MICE; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RNA INTERFERENCE; S PHASE; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 75549090255     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200902039     Document Type: Article

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